The NRWA Code of Ethics
Members of the NRWA agree to:
- Maintain
professionalism when dealing with the public, clients, and colleagues.
- Accurately
advertise products, services, qualifications, and affiliations.
- Remain up to
date on resume, employment, market, hiring, and other relevant trends.
- Share
confidential client information only with express written consent from the
client.
- Not
discriminate based on race, gender, religion, or other protected status or
class.
- Comply with
relevant client agreements, laws, and regulations, including copyright
protection.
- Respond
promptly and appropriately to ethics-related communications from any
member of the NRWA board of directors.
- Be
accountable under the NRWA’s bylaws, standing rules, grievance procedures,
e-list procedures, and other policies.
- Remove all
reference to the NRWA and logos from social and print media if membership
lapses.
Reporting
violations of the NRWA Code of Ethics:
If you are a client
working with a resume writer (or other career professional) who is (or claims
to be) a member of the NRWA and you wish to file a complaint, please see our
grievance procedures for further instruction. NRWA members may also file a
grievance with the NRWA, using the same procedures, if they believe that a
fellow member has violated the Code of Ethics.
The NRWA expressly reserves the
right to terminate the membership of any member for breaching the NRWA Code of
Ethics, including any member who is the subject of a civil or criminal investigation
involving acts of dishonesty or moral turpitude or any member who engages in
conduct that seeks to harm the reputation of another member, the organization,
or the industry at large.
